In this photograph, I was trying to depict a carefree, casual, confident, decidedly masculine individual. As well as the feet and shoes themselves, the environment also portrays these characteristics as the ground is covered in litter of all kinds, for example a rusty razor blade - an object which in itself is the epitomy of masculinity and indicates the harshness of the environment - possibly stabbings are common in this location
The shoes have acquired human characteristics as they are so well worn and messy. The undone shoelace clearly indicates the careless attitude of the individual.
Lighting set up - I used a key light at 170 degrees to the camera and a fill in flash at 45 degrees to create the very dramatic shadows and alsoi to highlight the front of the shoes. However, by having quite a low fill in, this did not destroy the main features of the shadows.


Here you can see the choices I decided upon for the editing of the image